Editing photos
After taking the photos, BoothIQ shows a brief offer screen with three options: Edit, Continue, or Retake. If the customer taps Edit, they get a full photo editor with filters and stickers. Most customers skip it.
Who this is for: Operators who want to know what's in the editor and how customers use it.
The offer screen
Right after the last photo is captured, the booth shows a preview of the composed print and three big buttons:
- Edit. Opens the photo editor
- Continue. Accept the print as-is and move to the extra-prints / payment flow
- Retake. Go back and re-shoot all the photos
If the customer doesn't tap anything within about 60 seconds, the booth shows a warning and then auto-continues so the session doesn't get stuck.
The photo editor
When the customer taps Edit, the editor opens. It has two main sections:
- Filters. Instagram-style preset filters (around 24 presets) with a swipe interface and an intensity slider
- Stickers. Emoji overlays the customer can drag, resize, and rotate
The customer switches between the two via tabs.
Filters
The filter section lets the customer:
- Swipe left/right through filter presets (around 24 of them)
- See a live preview of the filter applied to their composed photo
- Adjust the intensity slider (0-100%, default about 75%) to make the filter stronger or weaker
Each filter is a complete look: vintage tones, cool tones, warm tones, dramatic, soft, and so on. The swipe interface keeps it easy to compare without committing.
The filter is applied to the composed photo (with all the template's photos and frame), not to individual photos. So if the template uses 3 photos in a strip, the same filter applies to all 3 the same way.
Stickers
The sticker section lets the customer add emoji overlays to their composed photo. The exact emoji set is fixed (around 24 emojis). For each sticker:
- Tap an emoji to add it to the photo
- Drag to move it
- Pinch or use the resize handles to scale it
- Rotate it with a rotation gesture
- Tap to delete (or use a delete button)
The customer can add up to 10 stickers per photo. After 10, the kiosk stops adding new ones until the customer removes some.
What you control
The editor itself is not really operator-configurable. The filters and emoji are fixed, the intensity slider is fixed at 0-100, and the max-stickers cap is fixed.
What you can control:
- Whether the editor exists at all. There's no toggle to disable it, but you can talk to your BoothIQ point of contact if you want a custom build with the editor disabled.
The skip path
The vast majority of customers don't edit. They tap Continue on the offer screen and skip the editor entirely. That's by design. Editing is optional.
If you ever feel the editor is slowing down the line at peak times, tell customers to skip it. "Tap Continue, the photos look great as-is."
Idle behavior
The editor screen has a longer timeout than most other screens (about 120 seconds) because customers sometimes spend real time playing with filters. After the timeout, the booth warns and then auto-advances to the next screen.
What customers see after editing
When the customer is done editing, they tap a Done or Save button (the exact label depends on the version). The booth applies the filter and stickers to the composed photo and advances to the extra prints / cross-sell screen (see Extra prints and cross-sell).
If they tap Cancel or Back in the editor, the changes are discarded and they go back to the offer screen.
What to tell customers
- "You can add a filter or stickers if you want, or just tap Continue to skip."
- "Swipe through the filters to see how they look. The slider underneath makes them stronger or weaker."
- "For stickers, tap an emoji, then drag it where you want it."
Common operator questions
The editor is laggy when customers add many stickers.
The booth caches filter previews for performance, but stickers still cost compute. If customers consistently add 10 stickers and the editor lags, this is a known limitation. Encourage them to use fewer.
Customers ask if they can add their own emoji.
No, the emoji set is fixed.
Customers ask if they can crop photos.
Cropping happens automatically based on the template's photo area shape. Customers don't have manual crop controls in the standard editor.
Customers ask to undo a filter.
Swiping back to the leftmost filter (usually labeled "None" or "Original") removes the filter.
Next steps
- Extra prints and cross-sell. What customers see after editing.
- Pricing strategy (coming soon). How the editor screen affects perceived value.